I have an appreciation for folks that disdain the "fame" thing,
and the "rock" thing, and a whole lot more that has nothing to do with one's
feelings, but how one takes advantage of those feelings.

Some folks want
to make money off that, and some want to be famous and some hjope to make a
living off them ... but how ironic, that a person that DIDN'T ... ends up
getting that honor ... and in so many ways, I can understand that and still
follow it.

There are a couple more people that will drive me to tears,
and the words above from the song, is just like me ... sometimes you see things
and sometimes you don't ... and you want them out of your dream ... because you
want another dream ... and when I made my film, that was the point and the
professor even asked me about it, since the only soundtrack to the whole visual
exercise were these lyrics and Jim Morrison screaming ... has this dream stopped
... during the few credits and thank yous.

I did not see the point,
THEN, of doing what everyone else was already doing ... so they could compare me
to them and them to me ... I already knew I am not them, and they are not me ...
so I decided, just like the piece of music and work ... that it had to be what I
felt ... and what I felt changes in time, place, and sometimes, by the
influences around me, be they work, Coffee House and me feeling bad that I
dissed Bapu, and all that ... but in the end ... what you see is sacred ... and
should never be judged.

But is it possible to make your vision come
alive ... many have tried and many have failed ... and they turned to drink, or
a song ... in another bar, hoping that the sleepwalking patrons can hear you ...
crying inside ... for something that you don't have and you want! I leave, when
I hear that. Because that is just as stupid as a search for anything else out
there ... and the old line that is so true (check the tag line!) is the one most
often ignored ... everything you ever wanted, and could achieve is right in
front of you, if you only reach out for it ... but we ignore this, for ideas ...
that lead us away from ourselves and each other ... the veritable "the father
and I" are no longer one ... and we're so separated that the best we can do is
copy another song format, or change the lyric a bit, so we can speak ours ...
and no one will give a dang about it ... so, in my book, you might as well let
it go and let it all hangout ... and finger everyone with your own bits and
pieces. And if someone doesn';t like it ... too bad ... because others will ...
!!!

A lot of this thinking, comes off like something that is right out
of the ""Hippy Manual 101" ... and it is not ... that manual was not about the
person, but an idea. But there was a freedom, inside and out, that was the
desired spirit that did not come alive, and I love to blame ... if you come to
san francisco, come with flowers in your hair ... kind of mentality ... because
that is just the kind of public message that makes everyone look stupid and just
another lemming in a society that is trying hard to control you to buy this and
that and this and that ... and make sure that no individuality is possible!

So, with all that said ... Kevin ... to me ... you are ... going to be
missed. I know that many of us are getting older and our time is close at hand
... but I long to take off my mask ... and stick out my tongue ... to that
person in charge of it all!

RIP and will meet you in the other side ...
without the masks ... they probably won't be necessary any more.

Pedro

PS: I can imagine that both Daevid Allen and Robert Wyatt are shedding
some serious tears, and possibly even Mike Oldfield ... who will more than
likely do a Kevin Ayers song in his next album! Bet me on it!

... none of the hits, none of the time ... you will, eventually, find your own art inside! Try it! www.pedrosena.com

The part that scares me mmost, is that it will lose far more, if we can not add more value and nutrition to the world that helped create this music ... which places like this are not able/capable of doing. Wikipedia is doing a far better job of making sure the information is noted and listed, and this place has far better material but no editorial levelrage or design to help it more.

Prog, like most anything else, will keep on losing ... until there is something else to replace it ... but when the folks involved do not care for the history, the art and the place ... might as well die, since no one cares, anyway!

... none of the hits, none of the time ... you will, eventually, find your own art inside! Try it! www.pedrosena.com

The part that scares me mmost, is that it will lose far more, if we can not add more value and nutrition to the world that helped create this music ... which places like this are not able/capable of doing. Wikipedia is doing a far better job of making sure the information is noted and listed, and this place has far better material but no editorial levelrage or design to help it more.

Prog, like most anything else, will keep on losing ... until there is something else to replace it ... but when the folks involved do not care for the history, the art and the place ... might as well die, since no one cares, anyway!

As well as losing people, prog is also finding people - time moves on, and new bands are started, and future genii are born, and time moves on

This is late, but I heard the news about Kevin on, of all places, National Public Radio news at the top of the hour, in the middle of the afternoon. They only mentioned it that one time, and nothing further that I know of on any of their programs like All Things Considered (where they would rather review the latest albums by Justin Timberlake or Bruno Mars). The report included a clip of Hope for Happiness from the 1st Softs album, but nothing from his own career.

According to Robert Wyatt he was lucky to have lived as long
as he did considering his alcohol and drugs based lifestyle. Kevin leaves a
timeless legacy of excellent music; thatís what matters and through that he
will live forever.

''Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.''

I tried to find chords online for "May I" and "Blaming It All on Love" but either couldn't find them or only found ones that sounded incorrect, so I sat down and worked them out - if anyone would like them, or would like me to try and figure out any others, let me know!

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